Classic Pantry Pancakes

Homemade Pancakes are made with basic pantry ingredients. The best part of these Classic Pantry Pancakes are that they also make the best pancakes from scratch ready for toppings and mix-ins.

Homemade Pancakes are my answer to the last minute “I need more than cereal this morning but I am too lazy to make something fancy” feeling I had yesterday morning. I have more pancake recipes than any sane person should, but as I was looking through them they all required at least a hint of preparation. Buttermilk, sour cream, mascarpone, cornmeal, fresh fruit… the list went on. These pancakes are made from scratch and are easy to make.

Want to know what I had in the cupboard and fridge? Me too, but I was too lazy to check, so I used this recipe to make my favorite EASY homemade pancakes. They’re delicious, fluffy (sometimes crispy when I add more butter to the pan and cook on high…I get funny cravings like that) and they take almost no time at all to make. And as I was eating them yesterday I thought that they were a better Friday post for this week than the Triple Berry Belgian Waffles I was going to post. It only felt right that my last minute easy breakfast was going to make a last minute post substitution.

These Classic Pantry Pancakes are about as easy as pancakes can get, I put everything in one bowl, mix with a whisk and use my 1/4 cup ice cream scoop to immediately scoop onto a griddle. And you will LOVE them. I have been making them for years, way before Pinterest, back when I used to email myself recipes so I didn’t lose them.

The best part of these Classic Pantry Pancakes are that they also make the best base pancakes for toppings and mix-ins:

Chocolate Chips – Sometimes I get fancy when I have the remnants of a few bags of chocolate chips and I do a mixture of different kinds <–This gets me some serious wife brownie points

Fruit – Chopped up and mixed in or on top we can’t go any further down the list without the obvious.

Apple Rings – Yes this is a fruit too, but for the little ones I dip apple rings in this batter and cook, then they get a serving of fruit with their fun donut looking pancake rings.

Peanut Butter – Sometimes I add peanut butter chips to the batter and top with a warmed fruit sauce or jam. Best PB&J ever.

Nutella – Because, well, Nutella makes everything better. Smear between layers and go all out and top with Vanilla Ice Cream… who says you can’t have those days? Heck, add rainbow sprinkles to it while you’re at it.

Experiment with different syrups, fruit, icing, maple with cinnamon added. You don’t have to doll up the pancakes all the time, sometimes an awesome strawberry syrup on top is enough to make the meal.

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Thanks for a great recipe to make homemade pancakes. My son wants to buy those frozen ones so he can make them himself but with this recipe I am going to make a batch and try freezing them myself! SO much healthier than the ones in a box!

I love chocolate. I love hazelnut. But…I bought Nutella once. The first time I had it, it made me sooo sick, I couldn’t eat for almost 2 weeks. I don’t know if it had salmonella or something in it, but I never went to the doctor to find out. The experience permanently turned me off of the stuff. I will say, the baked potato I had when I first started eating again was out of this world…

This recipe is very similar to the one I use for pancakes. I do like to use buttermilk, though… but if I don’t have any around, I just sour the milk with a half teaspoon or so of lemon juice. I will give this recipe a try sometime.